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UP hospital claims first lab-grown cell therapy for urethral stricture
UP hospital claims first lab-grown cell therapy for urethral stricture
A Lucknow hospital says it has treated a 30-year-old man for urethral stricture using lab-grown cells, calling it the first such procedure in Uttar Pradesh. The patient had a three-centimetre narrowing of…
The Story in Brief
A Lucknow hospital says it has treated a 30-year-old man for urethral stricture using lab-grown cells, calling it the first such procedure in Uttar Pradesh. The patient had a three-centimetre narrowing of the urinary passage. Doctors removed a 10 mm by 5 mm cheek tissue sample, expanded it into nearly 50 lakh living cells in a Pune lab, and delivered it endoscopically after a small incision.
Apollomedics Hospital claims the 15-20 minute cell-based technique avoids large cuts and reduces recovery time. The patient was discharged the next day. Hindustan Times reports the hospital puts the success rate at 70-80 per cent, similar to open surgery, and says it could help elderly or frail patients. However, these are single-institution claims without independent verification.
The Indian Opinion
The hospital's 'first in UP' claim invites healthy scepticism. Lab-grown cell therapy holds promise, but one treated patient does not prove safety or efficacy. The 70-80 per cent success rate quoted is from the hospital itself, not a peer-reviewed study. Indian patients must watch for long-term follow-up data, specifically, how many men avoid recurrence over two years, before accepting this as a real alternative to established surgery.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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